Census Records
by Natalie Cottrill, 2004
There are a few surviving Hungarian census records. Those that
do exist are helpful: 1715, 1720, 1728, 1747, 1770 (nobility only), 1828
(all those with taxable property, excluding nobility), 1848 (Jewish only), 1857 (mostly Budapest residents) and
1869.
Where the census records do not exist, tax lists and
directories can help list inhabitants and form census substitutes. The post 1828
Hungarian census records are available at the
Family History Library.
An example of a tax list abstract is the
Bereg County, Hungary 1843 Tax List.
This list contains only the Jewish inhabitants.
Other resources:
